Full Frame to Honor Jim and Michael Goodmon with 2014 Advocate Award
Triangle Businessmen and Philanthropists are Long-Time Supporters of Full Frame The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival will present its 2014 Advocate Award to Jim and Michael Goodmon. Full Frame’s Director, Deirdre Haj, presents the Full Frame Advocate Award in recognition of individuals who have supported the documentary medium and the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. […]
New Art Exhibit Opens at American Tobacco
American Tobacco recently opened a new art exhibit featuring the work of Luke Miller Buchanan, “There’s No End to Our Story.” “My work is based in the man-made world,” explains Buchanan. “On the spaces we create, and also on the spaces in between them that we create unintentionally.” Buchanan’s paintings capture real places with paint, […]
You Haven’t Missed It: Re-Scheduled Big Three Legends Game at American Tobacco
NC State, UNC and Duke Basketball legends return to the Triangle on April 19, 2014 to vie for top honors in the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) Big Three Legends Game. Originally scheduled for March 7, the event had to be postponed due to the threat of inclement weather. NOTE: Those […]
American Underground Welcomes Growing Tech Community to Opening of New Location
Startup Hub Hosts @Raleigh Grand Opening as Another $100 Million+ Acquisition Boosts Ecosystem The American Underground officially expanded its network of startup hubs with the opening of its downtown @Raleigh location on Wednesday, Feb. 19. The American Underground is one of seven Google for Entrepreneurs tech hubs in the United States. The sleek @Raleigh location […]
Diamond View III Shines at the Triangle Business Journal Real Estate Awards
Diamond View III recently won the Triangle Business Journal Real Estate Award for Top Office Development. With dramatic views of the Ballpark and ATC Campus, this clean line building came online in December 2013 with anchor tenant, FHI 360, moving in and taking approximately 97,000 square feet of Class A office space. “It’s a great […]
American Tobacco Expands Diner Mural for New Outdoor Meeting Space
Artist Michael Brown recently finished up a diner mural in American Tobacco’s new outdoor conference space. The outside conference room is located at the end of the Reed Building, directly outside the Mission Post front door. ATC PR/Events Manager Valerie Ward shared how the mural came about. “Michael Brown is a well-known local commercial artist,” […]
American Tobacco Featured in ‘Our State’ Photo Essay
Our State features American Tobacco prominently in a photo essay about Durham in the magazine’s January 2014 issue. “Few places in North Carolina have such a prominent intersection of past and present,” starts the Our State article by Lissa Gowals and Brent Clark. “In Durham, farming inspires new technology. Murals grace the exteriors of gritty […]
Mandela Exhibit Debuts at American Tobacco Campus, Jan. 1- Feb. 26
Sketches from Imprisonment Highlight Provocative, Multi-Media Show Stirring sketches by the late Nelson Mandela highlight a new exhibit at American Tobacco Campus, Jan. 1-Feb. 26, that also explores parallels between South Africa’s apartheid regime and Jim Crow laws in the United States. “Mandela: A Long Walk” is a Triangle exclusive, with roots in Durham and Raleigh. […]
American Tobacco Lights Up with Holiday Cheer
American Tobacco lit the Lucky Strike Tower for the holidays with great pomp and circumstance on Friday, December 6, 2013. Local choirs and entertainers joined to make the night a memorable one for Triangle citizens who attended. WRAL-TV’s Jackie Hyland emceed the festivities, with a little help from Stormy and Wool E. Bull. The Lucky […]
American Tobacco Celebrates Holidays with Lucky Strike Christmas Memorabilia
Santa smoking a cigarette? That’s something you never see nowadays, but back in the day, Lucky Strike used the man in red to sell their smokes. American Tobacco Director of Marketing & Events Valerie Ward recently put her collection of Christmas Lucky Strike memorabilia on display for the holidays at American Tobacco. Ward has […]